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Name Details:
Named By: Gary L. Fogelman
Named For:
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site: Hoover's Island, Northumberland PA.
Hover's Island
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
6,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular stemmed
to expanding stem point with an elliptical cross
section. The blade is broad and long and may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders vary from horizontal to having a slight upwards angle. The stem ranges from straight to slightly
expanding with a straight to slightly concave base and sharp basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 60 to 115 mm (average 75 to 90 mm), Stem Length - 15 to 20
mm, Blade Width - 30 to 40 mm (average 32 to 36 mm), Stem Width -
23 to 30 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the mid Susquehanna River valley.
Additional Comments:
This is considered a variant of the Northern Piedmont point.
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Fogelman has written many
professional books including the Pennsylvania Fluted Point Survey. This point was named in his personally published book. This point has limited processional references and many collector type references. This is considered a
collector
type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Lee W.
Philip Malachowski
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Hoover's Island Projectile Point, Hoover's Island Arrowhead
